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Dusky Hummingbird

Phaeoptila sordida

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicNectarShrublandCup nestTiny · 4 g
Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), photo 1
Photo: datadan · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), photo 2
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Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), photo 3
Photo: cello caruso-turiello · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), photo 4
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Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), photo 5
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), photo 6
Photo: José Javier Barrios Flores · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), photo 7
Photo: Trevor Van Loon · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), photo 8
Photo: Trevor Van Loon · CC BY 4.0
Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), photo 9
Photo: José Javier Barrios Flores · CC BY 4.0

What the Dusky Hummingbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Dusky Hummingbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Ana Rebeca Martinez Martinez · Call · San Antonio de la Cal, San Antonio de la Cal, Oaxaca, Mexico · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The dusky hummingbird is 9 to 10.6 cm (3.5 to 4.2 in) long. Males weigh about 4.3 g (0.15 oz) and females about 3.4 g (0.12 oz). Males have a bright red bill with a black tip. Their upperparts are bronze green to greenish bronze that is more brownish or grayish on the crown and uppertail coverts. The tail is dull greenish bronze or grayish brown with a greenish gloss and dusky feather bases. It has a grayish streak behind the eye and dusky cheeks. It does not have an iridescent gorget like most other hummingbirds, but a deep gray throat with greenish flecks. Voice: What is thought to be the dusky hummingbird's song is "a quiet, dry, chippering warble". It makes "dry, slightly buzzy chips" and a chattering call that is described as similar to that of the broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) but "softer and more liquid or spluttering".

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When to see the Dusky Hummingbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Dusky Hummingbird

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Mexico

About the Dusky Hummingbird

The dusky hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Mexico.

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Easily confused with

White-bearded Hermit (Phaethornis hispidus) White-bearded HermitPhaethornis hispidusThe white-bearded hermit is about 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 4 to 6 g (0.14 to 0.21 oz). Blue-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes notata) Blue-chinned SapphireChlorestes notataThe blue-chinned sapphire is 8.9 cm (3.5 in) long and weighs 3.8 g (1⁄8 oz). Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus) Black-eared FairyHeliothryx auritusThe black-eared fairy is 10.1 to 13.7 cm (4.0 to 5.4 in) long and weighs 4 to 6.3 g (0.14 to 0.22 oz).

Side by side: Dusky Hummingbird vs White-bearded Hermit · Blue-chinned Sapphire vs Dusky Hummingbird · Black-eared Fairy vs Dusky Hummingbird

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